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Sweden's TV4 recently aired a report on the EUROPE reunion tour and album, including interviews with the members of the group and footage from their rehearsal sessions. Watch the report online (in Swedish) at this location. As previously reported, EUROPE have tentatively set "Start From the Dark" as the working title of their ...

Australian tech-metallers DEVOLVED have set a September 6 Australian release date for their new album, "Calculated". The CD, which contains 11 new tracks as well as two bonus tracks (one of which is a cover of METALLICA's classic "Battery"), will be available throughout the country in all major and independent music stores. An international release ...

Legendary guitarist GARY MOORE was forced to postpone his July 10 show at Arenele Romane in Bucharest, Romania because he is "unwell," according to a posting on his web site. It is not presently clear if the concert will be rescheduled to a later date. Moore's new studio album, "Power of the Blues", was released ...

The makers of "Get Thrashed", the upcoming documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene, have posted two more preview clips via GetThrashed.com (in the "Media" section). The first clip features VIO-LENCE frontman Sean Killian discussing the "purity" of thrash while the second clip ...

Metal-Rules.com, one of the world's largest and longest-running heavy metal webzines, has announced the formation of Metal Rules Records. After nine years of providing top-notch metal news, views, reviews and interviews, the management of the popular web site will enter the competitive and exciting world of music production, promotion, and management. After the initial success ...

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message on the band's web site: "After I found out that I had to make a MEGADETH record instead of a Mustaine record, I contacted the 'R.I.P.' lineup to make the record. "I was going to still use Vinnie Colaiuta and Jimmy Lee Sloas to make the ...

CARDBOARD VAMPYRES, the new "covers" band featuring former ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell and ex-THE CULT guitarist Billy Duffy, have launched their official web site at this location. As previously reported, CARDBOARD VAMPYRES, who also include former MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman John Corabi, will be the featured guests on the nationally syndicated radio ...

A short MP3 sample of the title track of the new LULLACRY single, "Fire Within", has been posted online at this location. The lyrics to the song can be viewed here. "Fire Within" is scheduled for release on August 23 through Century Media Records. The CD features two new songs, "Fire ...

An E-trailer to promote the upcoming DREAM THEATER reissue of their two previously released video collections packaged as a double-DVD has been posted online at this location. "Images and Words: Live in Tokyo" and "Five Years in a LIVEtime", originally released in 1993 and 1998, respectively, comprise the double-DVD containing more than three ...

AJATTARA, the Finnish "black/dark metal" project featuring AMORPHIS frontman Pasi Koskinen (a.k.a. Ruoja), have set "Tyhjyys" ("Emptiness") as the title of their third album, tentatively due on November 11 through Spinefarm Records. Recordings for the CD are currently taking place at Savonlinna's Sundi Coop studio where AJATTARA recorded their earlier releases, "Itse" (2001) and "Kuolema" ...